- Date
- April 16, 1979
- Place
- Frankfurt, Georgia · FRANKFURT, Germany
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N617USBoeing 747
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136497
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0005 79/4/16 FRANKFURT,GERMANY BOEING 747 CR- 0 0 4 SCHED INTERNATL CARGO SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1455 N617US PX- 0 0 0 55, 22678 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 393 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANKFORT MAIN OPERATOR - SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FRANKFURT,GERMANY AMSTERDAM,NETHERLAND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: WET RUNWAY AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIDDEN HAZARD REMARKS- COLLIDED W CONCRETE COVERED CABLE DUCT.INVEST & REPORTED BY THE GOVT OF GERMANY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N617US
- Reported as
- Boeing 747
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Frankfort Main
N617USRegistered now · Boeing 747-251FAirframe modelBoeing 747-251FEngine modelPratt & Whitney JT9D-3A
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